1	Possible Information for Finding a Mountain Trogon
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5	"The second view was from..." The second view was from behind as the bird hovered to eat Juniper Berries. The entire back and tail was iridescent blue. No coppery-colored tail.
6	"The third view was from..." The third view was from the side as the bird flew across in front of me at eye level. The tail was dark with spectacular white spots on the outer tail feathers. When the bird flew the entire tail seemed to flow in undulations with the white spots flashing.
7	"My reluctant conclusion was that..." My reluctant conclusion was that it was an Eared Trogon, because it’s tail was not the right color for an Elegant Trogon, nor was the call right and I had very little information on Mountain Trogon. The limited recordings I had at the time did not include Eared Trogon and were very little help.
8	Three things bothered me over the years about the sighting The call - I couldn’t find a call that was like the call I heard, which had the quality and tone of the ceow call of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo but was much faster. The flared tail feathers - On the bird we initially saw in silhouette, the tail flared at the tip and I’ve never seen a photograph of an Eared Trogon with a flared tip and specimens do not show a flare. The white-spotted outer tail feathers - When the bird flew across in front of me, his tail looked liked white dots separated by dark on the edge of the tail, which is inconsistent with Eared and Elegant Trogons – It was spectacular.
9	In December of 2005 I googled “Mountain Trogon” and got some answers to my questions
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13	Tail Fare – Elegant Trogon
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15	Mountain Trogon’s Tail Fare
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